moderator, certainly people have a right to complain and it does release stress. but the best way to get through it is to not stress over it at all. really, of all the things in the world to worry about, it seemed so trivial. but hey, to each his own.
oh, and about my not making people feel bad, I'm doing nothing worse than those who judge others based on how they speak. as an anthro major (undergrad) and a current grad student in linguistics, that's the part that really upsets me. there is no objective value on language, what is right or wrong. language is what people speak and use. period. putting class assignments, judgements of intellectual ability, or even judgements about one form of the language being "better" than any other is just wrong in my opinion.
but as I said and as you pointed out, everyone has the right to express their opinion and I was just expressing mine. If others feel bad because I expressed my opinion, then they just do. but before that, they must think how others feel when their language forms are mocked.
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